Ornamental house number



Feb. 5, 1952 HANSEN ORNAMENTAL HOUSE NUMBER Filed Feb. 9, 1950 Fig- 3.

Daniel F Hansen INVENTOR.

Patented Feb. 5, 1952 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 3 Claims.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in display devicesand the primary object of the present invention is to provide a combinedflower holder and house number bearing plate.

Another important object of the present invention is to provide a smalland compact wire frame that is quickly and readily applied to or removedfrom the side of a house to display the street number of the house andwhich also embodies a pair of hooks for supporting flower holdingreceptacles.

A further object of the present invention is the provision of a displaydevice having a fastener receiving yoke together with abutment meansassociated with the yoke to prevent swinging of the device in responseto wind against the device.

A still further object of the present invention is to provide anornamental house number display device that is simple and practical inconstruction, strong and reliable in use, neat and attractive inappearance, inexpensive to manufacture, and otherwise well adapted forthe purposes for which the same is intended.

Other objects and advantages reside in the details of construction andoperation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein likenumerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of a house and showing thepresent invention applied thereto;

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view taken substantially on the planeof section line 22 of Figure 1; and

Figure 3 is a top plan view of the present invention.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, wherein for the purpose ofillustration, there is disclosed a preferred embodiment of the presentinvention, the numeral represents a wire frame member including a pairof downwardly and outwardly inclined side portions l2 and I4 thatterminate in downwardly and inwardly inclined lower side portions [6 andI8.

Forwardly projecting, spaced parallel, horizontal disposed arms and 22extend laterally from the lower ends of the side portions [6 and I8.Vertically disposed hooks 24 and 26 project laterally from the arms 20and 22. The hooks 24 and 26 are offset from the upper and lower sideportions l2, I4 and [6, I8 and receive the eye ends 28 and 30 of hangerchains 32 and 34 that support conical receptacles 36 and 3B.

- Flower 40 and 42 are positioned in the receptacles 36 and 38.

A yoke or loop 44 rises from and joins the uper ends of the sideportions l2 and I4. The yoke 44 receives a fastener 46 that enters theside 01' a house 48 in order to support the frame member 10. Abutmentpins 50 enter the side of the house and receive the yoke 44 therebetweento prevent swinging of the frame member ID.

The upper and lower flanges 52 and 54 of an indicia bearing plate 56 areprovided with open ings that receive the lower side portions I6 and it.The plate 56 is provided on its forward face with numerals and the endsof the plate 56- are preferably slotted to form ornamental projections58.

In view of the foregoing description taken in conjunction with theaccompanying drawings it is believed that a clear understanding of thedevice will be quite apparent to those skilled in this art. A moredetailed description is accordingly deemed unnecessary.

It is to be understood, however, that even though there is herein shownand described a preferred embodiment of the invention the same issusceptible to certain changes fully comprehended by the spirit of theinvention as herein described and the scope of the appended claims.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A display device comprising a wire frame member including a pair ofside portions joined by a yoke, an indicia bearing plate joining saidside portions and spacing said side portions, arms projecting laterallyand horizontally from said side portions and supporting said plate,hooks depending from said arms, and hanger means depending from saidhooks and adapted for supporting flower receptacles.

2. The combination of claim 1, wherein said hooks are disposed laterallyof said arms.

3. A display device comprising awire frame member including a pair ofvertically disposedside portions and a yoke joining the upper ends ofsaid side portions, a horizontal plate connecting and spacing said sideportions, said plate including' upper and lower apertured flangesthrough which said side portions project, horizontal arms, projectinghorizontally from the lower ends of said side portions and constitutingstops for limiting downward sliding movement of the plate on the sideportions, and hooks depending from the arms and paralleling the plate.

DANIEL F. HANSEN.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are o frecord in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,009,409 Harding Nov. 21, 19111,789,628 Hobbs Jan. 20, 1931 1,815,195 Favata July 21, 1931

